Victors for this years event have been picked for each of the ten categories of the awards and were decided by a mixture of popular vote and judges’ decision.

Though we cannot reveal the winners of each category yet, we can say that more than 1,000 people voted on the Derby Telegraph’s poll to choose the business with the best customer service.

In the end, the winner was decided with less than one per cent of the vote.

Bev Crighton, external engagement for external affairs at the University of Derby, said: “The Best Newcomer category was an immensely difficult one to judge, as each of the four nominees offer the public something very different.

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"The standard of food, drink and customer experience on offer at each of these new establishments is extremely high, and the finalists should all be very proud of what they have achieved in such a short time.”